Results of a needs assessment survey completed by 18 teachers of severely and profoundly handicapped students (2-21 years old) indicated that stereotypic behavior, noncompliance, and temper tantrums were among the most difficult to manage behaviors. (CL)

Examines a nine-session behavior modification program to relieve test anxiety in which instruction in muscle relaxation techniques was followed by desensitization to 25 test-related anxiety-producing items. An experimental group showed a significant increase in grade point average compared to a control group. (MB)

The effects of self-monitoring and self-delivered reward on the study behavior of two educable mentally retarded boys (10 and 13 years old) were examined. (Author/CL)

College students, 48 males and 48 females, were interviewed about attempts to self-control overeating, smoking, studying, or dating. Results indicated successful self-controllers used more techniques for longer periods of time, use of self-reinforcement procedures was an important discriminant of successful self-management, and methods varied…

This article describes the author's experience in employing the fishbowl technique in group therapy with inmates at El Reno Federal Reformatory. Results indicate that this technique can be employed successfully in a correctional environment. (Author/HMV)

Eighteen second-grade children initially received feedback in the form of nonredeemable tokens for reducing their disruptive classroom behavior. (Author)

A continuing education program was successful in changing both the knowledge and behavior of an experimental group of pharmacists. Their attitudes were not significantly changed, and this might be explained through cognitive dissonance theory. (LBH)

An introductory framework for analyzing and modifying classroom behavior...is followed by presentation of illustrative case materials, discussion of philosophical and ethical issues, analysis of pitfalls to be avoided, and consideration of limitations inherent in behavioral approaches. (Author)

Describes some secondary level instructional methods to improve teenagers' food selection habits through assessment of daily diets, knowledge of nutrition, and learning activities. (MF)

The author reviews traditional helping systems of therapy, i.e., psychonalytic, experiential/phenomenological, cognitive, and behavioral, as well as mind-body systems approaches of transcendental meditation, biofeedback, aerobic exercise training, nutrition, and bioenergetics analysis. Therapists are admonished to learn about these various…

Available from: Psychonomic Society, 1108 W. 34th Street, Austin, Texas 78705. Studied with 10 learning disabled children (5-9 years old) was the development of self-management skills without direct teacher supervision through the use of operant reinforcement procedures. (IM)

The effect of presentation labels upon subjects' evaluation of behavior modification was investigated in two experiments. Subjects were two groups of undergraduate and graduate students required to evaluate identical administrations of a lesson under different presentation labels. (Author/YJ)

To test differential effects of treating cognitive and emotionality response components of test anxiety, test-anxious college students (N=48) were assigned to one of four groups: an attentional treatment; a relaxation treatment; a combined attentional-relaxation treatment; and a waiting-list control group. Significant performance changes were not…

A 16-year-old male, who presented an 11-year history of severe temper outbursts, was apparently successfully treated by a self-control treatment program. The treatment procedure is described in detail. (Author)